KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD: SLAVERY, SILENT ASSERTION AND IMMIGRATION

By Frosty
Wooldridge
June 25, 2012
NewsWithViews.com

Last
week, President Barack Obama stunned U.S. citizens with an unwarranted
amnesty for up to two million illegal aliens residing within America.

On
September 17, 1787, when the U.S. Constitution passed for the original
13 colonies, the issue of slavery found itself buried in fear. Mark
Twain called it “Silent Assertion” in one of his articles.
It meant that while putrid stench of slavery reared its ugly head everywhere
in the north and south, none of the founders dared deal with it for
fear of losing the Union. They kicked the can down the road.

Less
than 100 years later, that slavery issue erupted into the Civil War
that killed a half million Americans.

21st
century slavery in America

In
1986, President Reagan kicked the immigration can down the road. Today,
Congress and the past four presidents have kicked it down the road.
At some point, we must deal with the sheer numbers. In an ironic way,
importing all this cheap labor is much like slavery in the 21st century—in
that it will backfire on us. We cannot continue taking on endless millions
of immigrants as if we were the Titanic taking on endless sea water
after hitting the iceberg.

What
if the next president, Romney or Obama, gifts 20 million illegal aliens
with amnesty? What will happen to our citizens, citizenship and our
country? What about this ‘Human Katrina” of humanity flooding
into our country faster than today. From that human flood, expect 100
million people added to America within 38 years by 2050. (Sources: PEW
Hispanic Center Report, “U.S. Population Projections” by
Fogel/Martin)

Anyone
living in a large city excited about that? How’s that gridlock
traffic and toxic air pollution doing for you today? Like the high prices
for homes and heat? Wait until you compete with another five million.
Everything, I repeat, everything degrades as population grows.

California,
at one point, housed a mere five million. Today, that state features
38 million on its way to 60 million. At one point, citizens did not
suffer gridlocked traffic, water shortages or air pollution. In the
early years, neither did Arizona or Colorado. The same goes for all
cities of the United States.

We
must deal with the sheer numbers of people at some point

After
1965, population growth raced out of control across this great land.
At this moment, 315 million Americans feel the pinch, the unease of
their predicament and the symptoms of their dilemma. We cannot solve
our problems of debt, unemployment, poverty and hunger. We cannot maintain
our infrastructure. Yet, we add 3.1 million people annually via immigration.

Since
we invite 1.2 million immigrants annually and another 800,000 illegal
migrants into this country annually along with 900,000 of their births—what’s
the big deal about allowing five or 10 million annually?

To
put things into perspective, one-third of them cannot find a clean glass
of drinking water daily. Out of that 80 million, 18 million starve to
death or die of starvation related diseases annually. (Source: World
Health Organization) At least three billion humans live on less than
$3.00 a day for food. (Source: Roy Beck, www.NumbersUSA.org,
“Poverty, immigration and gumballs”)

No
end to the line of desperate humanity coming to America

Thus,
if we opened our borders to save humanity from its horrible fate, an
immediate 18 million starving souls could find food and shelter in the
USA annually. However, after a mere five years, that equals 90 million
added to our country. In 10 years, that equals 180 million people and
in 20 years…well, you get the picture.

William
N. Ryerson, director of www.populationmedia.org, said, “I have
read with interest the various perspectives presented in the debate
on U.S. immigration policy. I pose the following question to anyone
who thinks "border control" efforts will not accomplish anything:
If the U.S. had no border control, what would happen to the number of
people entering this country from the far corners of the world?

“There
is no doubt that if there were absolutely no barriers or restrictions
at our borders, this great nation would be flooded -- overwhelmed --
inundated -- by MILLIONS of well-meaning, hard-working, honest "tired
and poor" people within a matter of months.

“It's
hard to know the number who would move to the U.S. if our borders were
opened, but surveys in many countries show significant numbers who would
like to live in the U.S. If the borders were opened, perhaps 3 billion
people would find their way here in a short period of time - ten times
the current population of the U.S. The infrastructure would collapse,
our water supply (and food supply) would be exhausted, people would
be sleeping in the streets, energy would be at a premium, in short,
chaos would be the new norm.

“At
current rates of growth, in just 15 years the U.S. population will grow
by the equivalent of a new Los Angeles, plus New York City, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, San Francisco, Indianapolis, San Jose, Memphis,
Washington, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Boston, Columbus, New Orleans,
Cleveland, Denver, Seattle, and El Paso. All of these to be added in
just 15 years! We have heard a lot about the cost of rebuilding New
Orleans. The cost of developing new infrastructure in the next 15 years
will be huge - and perhaps not achievable. If we opened our borders,
the reality would be much worse.”

What
would you do if you were president of the USA?

Therefore,
if you enjoyed the power of the U.S. presidency or controlled the U.S.
Senate and House of Representatives, what would you do? Open our borders
to unlimited immigration—knowing your children could not survive
in the long term? Or, would you be smarter, more logical and take actions
in order to build a sustainable, long term U.S. sustainable civilization?

Within
30 years, we expect 100 million added to this country at our current
level of legal and illegal immigration. Do you want that result for
your children? What will they tell you in 30 years if that 100 million
comes to pass?

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I
can tell you this: if we allow our country to remain an open border--
your life, your children and this society face a degraded future. What
do you think about that for future generations?

Additionally,
if you expect this nation to change course, you must become involved.
Join www.NumbersUSA.org
and www.CapsWeb.org
in order to stop mass immigration. You will join over 1.3 million Americans
that care about their kids’ future.

Listen
to Frosty Wooldridge on Wednesdays as he interviews
top national leaders on his radio show "Connecting the Dots"
at www.themicroeffect.com
at 6:00 PM Mountain Time. Adjust tuning in to your time zone.

Frosty
Wooldridge possesses a unique view of the world, cultures and families
in that he has bicycled around the globe 100,000 miles, on six continents
and six times across the United States in the past 30 years. His published
books include: "HANDBOOK FOR TOURING BICYCLISTS"; �STRIKE THREE! TAKE
YOUR BASE�; �IMMIGRATION�S UNARMED INVASION: DEADLY CONSEQUENCES�; �MOTORCYCLE
ADVENTURE TO ALASKA: INTO THE WIND�A TEEN NOVEL�; �BICYCLING AROUND
THE WORLD: TIRE TRACKS FOR YOUR IMAGINATION�; �AN EXTREME ENCOUNTER:
ANTARCTICA.� His next book: �TILTING THE STATUE OF LIBERTY INTO A SWAMP.�
He lives in Denver, Colorado.